The Food Network has kicked off its latest season of the reality series Worst cooks in America after the champion was arrested for the murder of a child.
Ariel Robinson, 29, was charged along with her husband Jerry Robinson on Tuesday with the death of a 3-year-old girl in South Carolina. They are facing charges of murder by child abuse in the death of their adopted daughter.
Police found a child who did not respond on January 14 in the couple’s home in Simpsonville, South Carolina, the WHNS television station reported. The girl died as a result of several blunt force injuries, a medical examination revealed. According to Greenville station, she was identified as Victoria Smith.
Ariel Robinson has $ 25,000 in the latest issue of The worst cooks in America, a competition between people with admittedly poor cooking skills. They go through a start-up camp under the supervision of the celebrity chef in the competition.
The Food Network has scrapped all content related to the season 20 show. The competition was filmed in February 2020 and aired last year. The Food Network has not yet commented on the Robinson incident.
The content is not available on the Discovery +, Hulu or YouTube page of the Food Network, but episode summaries are still available on the official website.
Robinson was a newly retired teacher and budding stand-up comedian. She also added three foster children to her family in March 2020, but it is not clear if the murdered child was one of them.